IBM antes $3 million bond to pursue case against Papermaster

Pursuant to a judge's order, IBM has posted a $3 million dollar bond should its injunction barring Mark Papermaster from working at Apple prove unwarranted.

November 21, 2008 - 12:24PM CT - by Chris Foresman

IBM to buy Transitive

IBM has announced plans to acquire Transitive, the company that makes the code translation technology behind Apple's Rosetta. IBM says Transitive's software will enable x86 Linux applications to run on Power systems.

November 20, 2008 - 07:55AM CT - by Ryan Paul

Semiconductor industry group predicts chip slump in 2009

The Semiconductor Industry Association is predicting a significant decline in industry earnings for Q4, with a following downturn in 2009. The good news is that we shouldn't see anything like the 2000-2001 plunge, but the tech industry's previously strong performance in 2008 may have unceremoniously ended.

November 20, 2008 - 05:30AM CT - by Joel Hruska

Game on: NVIDIA, PS3 hardware in Top 500 Supercomputers list

I looked at the latest Top 500 Supercomputers list and what did I see? An NVIDIA (GP)GPU and the brains of the PS3.

November 18, 2008 - 06:56AM CT - by Jon Stokes

Papermaster's counterclaim: IBM and Apple are not competitors

Ex-IBM exec Mark Papermaster has filed a response to IBM's complaint, and included a counterclaim of his own arguing that Apple and IBM are not competitors and that his noncompete from IBM is too broad.

November 17, 2008 - 08:50AM CT - by Justin Berka

The Papermaster Chase: IBM exec was not Apple's first pick

Court documents reveal that Mark Papermaster was not Apple's first pick to replace iPod VP Tony Fadell, and that his experience with POWER was not critical to Apple's decision to offer him a job.

November 13, 2008 - 11:45AM CT - by Chris Foresman

BPL gets new lease on life as rural broadband solution

Rural broadband over powerline service might thrive, even as a footnote to urban and suburban wireline broadband. IBEC aims to spend $70 million to find out.

November 13, 2008 - 06:15AM CT - by Glenn Fleishman

Apple retcons Papermaster out, presses "delete" on bio

Since a New York judge barred Mark Papermaster from working for Apple pending the results of IBM's lawsuit, Apple has removed his executive profile from its PR web site. Poor Mark.

November 11, 2008 - 11:11AM CT - by Chris Foresman

NY court orders Papermaster to stop working at Apple for now

Apple's newest exec, Mark Papermaster, turned down a year's salary from IBM to stay away from Cupertino. Now, Papermaster's former employer has won a preliminary injunction that prevents him from doing any work at Apple until the matter can be sorted out.

November 10, 2008 - 10:38AM CT - by David Chartier

The week in Apple: Trim down OS X, Mac mini, and lawsuit fun

This week's top Apple news ranged from learning how to take back gigs of space from your Mac OS X install to lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuits—plus the Mac mini, MacBook Pro trackpad, and more, making for a heaping Apple platter.

November 08, 2008 - 01:30PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

IBM looks to beat identity thieves with a USB ZTIC

IBM has announced a new USB device that's aimed at making online banking transactions more secure. The new ZTIC ("stick") device allows a user to detect man-in-the-middle attacks by doing a little man-in-the-middle work of its own.

November 05, 2008 - 07:00AM CT - by Jon Stokes

Apple plays staff musical chairs in iPod, hardware divisions

Despite a lawsuit from IBM to prevent the move, Apple has announced its new VP of Hardware Engineering, Mark Papermaster. On the downside, the VP of Human Resources and SVP of iPod Division, who designed the original iPod for Apple, are departing.

November 04, 2008 - 08:57AM CT - by David Chartier

IBM offered exec a year's salary to stay away from Apple

IBM has sued one of its top execs to prevent him from taking a job at Apple. The lawsuit details exactly what this employee meant to IBM, but it also says a lot about how badly both IBM and Apple want him.

October 31, 2008 - 04:45PM CT - by David Chartier

Big Blue goes social with Bluehouse collaboration platform

IBM opened up a beta Monday of its forthcoming web-based productivity suite infused with collaboration and social networking tools—a significant nod toward "the cloud," and a large push into an increasingly competitive market.

October 07, 2008 - 05:12AM CT - by David Chartier

Rochester Cube's chips are stacked—in a prototype fashion

3D chip stacking is in the news again, and it's definitely exciting stuff. But, unfortunately, the story of the new "Rochester Cube" prototype seems to have spun a bit out of control.

September 17, 2008 - 08:42AM CT - by Jon Stokes

Worldwide server shipments up 12 percent in Q2

The latest data indicates that worldwide server shipments grew 12 percent year-on-year, while revenue increased about six percent. Gartner attributes the growth to consumption in the developing world and an ongoing shift to x86 servers.

August 25, 2008 - 09:45PM CT - by Joel Hruska

As IDF begins, Intel, IBM tout next-gen process technologies

IBM and Intel are both talking about future process technologies as IDF kicks off today, but Big Blue's recent announcement regarding its 22nm SRAM has been misinterpreted in some quarters as a bigger win than it actually is. Intel, meanwhile, expects 32nm processors by early 2010, with 22nm chips arriving in 2011/2012.

August 19, 2008 - 01:32PM CT - by Joel Hruska

IBM targets Microsoft with desktop Linux initiative

IBM is taking on the Microsoft Windows ecosystem with a new desktop Linux initiative. The goal: "Microsoft-free" PCs with Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony as an alternative to Microsoft's Windows + Office combo.

August 05, 2008 - 02:02PM CT - by Ryan Paul

Purported details leak on AMD's "Fusion" CPU+GPU

AMD's CPU+GPU Fusion project has been in the works for years, but the company has kept the details quiet. New rumors, however, suggest that Fusion will be built at TSMC using that company's 40nm half-node process technology.

August 04, 2008 - 07:44PM CT - by Joel Hruska

Week in Storage: Cloud storage fumbles, tape sets records

Ars summarizes this week in storage, including cloud storage news and hardware launches from WD, LG, Texas Memory, IBM, and Sun.

July 26, 2008 - 01:21AM CT - by Ari Allyn-Feuer